Corset-clasp



.moaeli) H. W. MOULTON.

CORSET GLASP. V 4

No. 257,969; Patented May16, 1882.

WITNESSES: INVENTUR ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. MOULTON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

CORSET-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,969, dated May 16,1882.

Application filed January 11 1882.

To all whom it nfrty concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. MOULTON,

V of Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Corset-Clasps; and Idoherebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being bad to theaccompanyingdrawings,which form apart of this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to new and useful improvements incorset-clasps; and the invention consists inthepeculiarconstruction andcombination of parts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved shield ready forattachment to a corset. Fig. 2 is a front view of a section of a corsetprovided with my shield, and Fig. 3 isa crosssection on the line a: a:in Fig. 2, showing the manner of securing the shield.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents one of the busks in the front of a corset, inclosed in a.pocket, as usual, with the loop a. riveted to such busk, with the loopportion projecting beyond the edge through the fabric of the pocket.

B represents the fellow bush in a pocket up on the other adjoiningportion of the front of thecorset, and this busk is provided with astud, b, which in operation engages with the loop upon the oppositebusk, the stud projecting through the front of the pocket, the partstModel.)

described being of the usual construction. As thus constructed, thefriction caused by locking the parts together upon the exposed part ofthe pocket which covers the busk B soon wears out the fabric. To obviatethis I employ a shield, 0, stamped or cut out of thin sheet metal andprovided with fastening-lips, which is clasped around the front and rearedge of the pocket and inclosed busk, and with a hole which allows suchshield to pass over the stud, thus interposiug at very slight cost suchmetal plate for the purpose of preventing wear of the fabric.

What I claim as my invention is--- 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, the metal shield 0, provided with fasteninglips, and havingan aperture larger than the head of the fastening-stud of a corset-husk,adapted to be applied to acorset over the fabric after thefastening-stud attached to the bush has been secured in place,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

l. The combination, with the husk B and the stud b thereof, of theshield 0, made entirely separate from the bu h and stud, and secured tothe corset over the fabric and stud atterthe busk and stud have firstbeen secured within said corset fabric, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

HENRY W.

Witnesses: CHAS. W. GREGG, WM. BELL.

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